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Trinity (,
Jèrriais ( ; also known as the Jersey language, Jersey French and Jersey Norman French in English) is a Romance languages, Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. It is a form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, an isla ...
: ''La Trinneté'') is one of the twelve
parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...
of
Jersey Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov ...
in the
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. It is north of
St Helier St Helier (; Jèrriais: ; ) is the Capital city, capital of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. It is the most populous of the twelve parishes of Jersey, with a population of 35,822, over one-third of the island' ...
. It has a population of 3,156.''Portrait of the Channel Islands'', Raoul Lemprière, 1970 The parish covers 6,975
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s ().
Les Platons Les Platons is the highest point of Jersey, a British Crown dependency, with an elevation of 136 metres (446 ft). It is located in the Vingtaine de la Ville-à-l'Évêque in the parish of Trinity. There are radio transmitters, and ...
in the north of the parish is the highest point in Jersey. The parish borders St John, St Helier, St Saviour and St Martin. Trinity is an agricultural, rural parish, with only 16% of the parish being built up, and 61% dedicated to cultivation. The population is generally spread out across the whole parish, with a loosely defined village towards the north of the parish. The parish's main bay is Bouley Bay, a short distance from the village. A section of Rozel Bay is also shared with neighbouring St Martin. It is home to the States Farm,
Jersey Zoo Jersey Zoo (formerly Durrell Wildlife Park) is a zoological park established in 1959 on the island of Jersey in the English Channel by naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. It is operated by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. In 2023, th ...
, the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society Showground, and the
Pallot Heritage Steam Museum The Pallot Steam, Motor & General Museum is a mechanical heritage museum located in Rue De Bechet in the Parish of Trinity on the island of Jersey. Museum origins Lyndon Pallot (known as Don) amassed a large collection of Jersey's mechanical ...
. The parish church is dedicated to the
Holy Trinity The Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three, , consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three ...
, the only island parish church not dedicated to a
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. The
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of the Parish of Trinity shows the
Shield of the Trinity The Shield of the Trinity or (Latin for ) is a traditional Christian visual symbol which expresses many aspects of the doctrine of the Trinity, summarizing the first part of the Athanasian Creed in a compact diagram. In late medieval Europe, thi ...
diagram.


History

The Jersey parish system has been in place for centuries. By
Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 9th and 10th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norma ...
times, the parish boundaries were firmly fixed and remain largely unchanged since. In 1180 Jersey was divided by the Normans into three ministeria for administrative purposes. Trinity was part of ''de Groceio''. ''De Groceio'' likely refers to the Jersey family name, de Gruchy.Syvret, Marguerite (2011). ''Balleine's History of Jersey''. The History Press. . The Parish church, with its distinctive white pyramidal spire, is a notable landmark. The Le Vesconte memorial (erected 1910) takes the form of an
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at a crossroads commemorating Philippe Le Vesconte (21 December 1837 – 21 August 1909) who was 10 times elected connétable between 1868–1877 and 1890–1909. In 2007, parishioner Meriel Edwards donated a field next to the Trinity Arms pub to the parish which permitted the development of the 39-home first-time buyers development, as well as new footpaths around the village centre.


Governance

The parish is a first-level
administrative division Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
of the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British
Crown dependency The Crown Dependencies are three offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and toge ...
. The highest official in the parish is the of Trinity. The incumbent office holder is Philip Le Sueur, who has held the office since 2014. The parish administration is headquartered at the Parish Hall next to the parish church. At present, the parish forms one electoral district for
States Assembly The States Assembly (; Jèrriais: ) is the parliament of Jersey, formed of the island's 37 deputies and the Connétable of each of the twelve parishes. The origins of the legislature of Jersey lie in the system of self-government according ...
elections and elects one Deputy, as well as eight Senators in an islandwide constituency. The current Deputy for Trinity is Hugh Raymond. Under the proposed electoral reform, it will form part of the Central electoral district consisting of St. John, St. Lawrence and Trinity, which will collectively elect four representatives alongside the parishes' . Trinity is divided into the following
vingtaine A vingtaine (, literally "group of twenty" in French) is a political subdivision of Jersey. They are subdivisions of the various parishes of Jersey, and one, La Vingtaine de la Ville (The Vingtaine of the town), in Saint Helier is further divid ...
s: * La
Vingtaine de la Ville-à-l'Évêque Vingtaine de la Ville-à-l'Évêque is one of the five vingtaines of Trinity in the Channel Island of Jersey Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. ...
* La
Vingtaine de Rozel Rozel is a place name describing two identically named and bordering vingtaines in the Channel Island of Jersey- the eastern Vingtaine de Rozel of St Martin and the western Vingtaine de Rozel of Trinity. Situated on the north east coast of J ...
* La Vingtaine du Rondin * La
Vingtaine des Augrès Vingtaine des Augrès is one of the five vingtaines of Trinity in the Channel Island of Jersey Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a ...
* La
Vingtaine de la Croiserie Vingtaine de la Croiserie is one of the five vingtaines of Trinity in the Channel Island of Jersey Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although ...


Geography

Trinity is in the north of the island. It borders St John, St Helier, St Saviour and St Martin. It has two main bays, Bouley Bay and Rozel (on the border with St Martin). It has the highest point of the Grands Vaux valley, which terminates at its parish church. The highest point of the island, Les Platons, is located in the north of Trinity.


Bouley Bay

Bouley Bay () is a bay located on the north coast in the centre of the parish. In the Extente of 1274, the bay was recorded as Portus de Boley (Bouley Harbour). It has some of the deepest waters off the island's coast. In the 19th century it was considered for developing the main harbour for the island, but it was probably ruled out as impracticable because of the steep hills surrounding the bay. The steep and winding hill plays host annually to the
Bouley Bay Hill Climb Bouley Bay Hill Climb is a hillclimbing event held in Trinity, Jersey, and organised by The Jersey Motor Cycle and Light Car Club. The course on Les Charrières du Boulay was "first used for competition in 1921" and since 1947 has hosted a round ...
.


Settlements

Trinity Village is the main settlement in the parish. Victoria Village is located on the border with Trinity. Trinity Village is a relatively small and loosely defined village of homes spreading out from the parish church along the parish's main roads in a form of ribbon development. The A8 and B31 main roads run through the village. Recent development has centralised the village around the church. The village has a small, independent store, as well as a pub and youth centre. As a parish, Trinity has historically been resistant to speed limits and traffic calming schemes. For example, the parish has declined to introduce the green lane scheme with 15-mile-per-hour limits and priority to pedestrians and cyclists on its by-roads. The village had no specific lower speed limit until 2013, but now some parts of village have a 30 mph speed limit. The northern area of the village still has a 40 mph speed limit. There is no traffic calming or pedestrian crossings in the village.


Demography


Culture

In
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, the area of Bouley has been reputed to be haunted by the ''Tchian d'Bouôlé'' (Black Dog of Bouley), a phantom dog whose appearance presages storms. The story is believed to have been encouraged by smugglers who wanted to discourage nocturnal movements by people who might witness the movement of contraband at the harbour in Bouley. The Royal Jersey Showground has been host to the largest music festival in the Channel Islands each year since 2004—the Weekender Festival, and previously
Jersey Live Jersey Live Music Festival (alternatively Jersey Live) was a music festival held annually at The Royal Jersey Showground in the parish of Trinity, Jersey between 2004 and 2016. Overview Jersey Live started out as a 4,000-capacity, one-day even ...
.


Twin towns

Trinity is twinned with: *
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,
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Landmarks

Jersey Zoo Jersey Zoo (formerly Durrell Wildlife Park) is a zoological park established in 1959 on the island of Jersey in the English Channel by naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. It is operated by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. In 2023, th ...
(formerly Durrell Wildlife Park) is located at Les Augrès Manor in Trinity. It was established in 1959 by naturalist and writer
Gerald Durrell Gerald Malcolm Durrell Order of the British Empire, OBE (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservation movement, conservationist, and television presenter. He was born in Jamshedpur in British Ind ...
. It has approximately 169,000 visitors per year. Trinity Manor is the home of the Seigneur of Trinity.
Athelstan Riley John Athelstan Laurie Riley (10 August 1858 – 17 November 1945) was an English Hymnwriter, hymn writer and hymn translator. Biography Riley was born in Paddington, London, and attended Pembroke College, Oxford, where obtained his BA in 1881 ...
purchased Trinity Manor in 1909. Finding the manor house in a ruined condition, he undertook an elaborate restoration (or "imaginative reconstruction", which has been criticised as turning the building into a French style château). The reconstruction was carried out 1910–1913 by C. Messervy to designs by Sir
Reginald Blomfield Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield (20 December 1856 – 27 December 1942) was a prolific British architect, garden designer and author of the Victorian and Edwardian period. Early life and career Blomfield was born at Bow rectory in Devon, w ...
. One of the surviving feudal duties of the holder of this
fief A fief (; ) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of feudal alle ...
is to present the Monarch with a pair of
mallard The mallard () or wild duck (''Anas platyrhynchos'') is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa. It has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Arge ...
s when he or she visits the Island. The current holder of the title is Pamela Bell, as Dame of Trinity.


Notable people

Gerald Durrell, a British naturalist, writer and conservationist, opened
Jersey Zoo Jersey Zoo (formerly Durrell Wildlife Park) is a zoological park established in 1959 on the island of Jersey in the English Channel by naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. It is operated by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. In 2023, th ...
, a wildlife conservation park, and founded the
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is a conservation organization with a mission to save species from extinction. Gerald Durrell founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust as a charitable institution in 1963 with the dodo as its symbol. Th ...
in the parish in 1959. His ashes are buried in the grounds of the park. Among prominent natives of the parish (''les Trinnetais'') is Sir
Arthur de la Mare Sir Arthur James de la Mare (15 February 1914 – 15 December 1994) was a British diplomat. He rose to the rank of High Commissioner of Singapore, and was a leading authority on Asian affairs to the British Foreign Office. Life and career Arthur ...
(1914–1994), a retired ambassador and diplomat in
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
,
Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
and
Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
, who wrote
Jèrriais literature Jèrriais literature is literature in Jèrriais, the Norman dialect of Jersey in the Channel Islands. The literary tradition in Jersey is traced back to Wace, the 12th century Jersey-born poet, although there is little surviving literature in J ...
in the Trinity
dialect A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardize ...
.
Alan Whicker Donald Alan Whicker (2 August 1921 – 12 July 2013) was a British journalist and television presenter and broadcaster. His career spanned almost 60 years, during which time he presented the documentary television programme '' Whick ...
lived here from the 1960s until his death in 2013.


Gallery

File:Jersey Dairy Trinity.jpg, The headquarters of Jersey Dairy, which supplies milk across the island and abroad, is located in the parish. File:B31 road in Trinity.jpg, The main road through the village File:Boundary stone St John and Trinity in Jersey.jpg, Boundary stone on the border of Trinity and Saint John, dated 1881 File:Trinity Youth Centre.jpg, The Youth Centre, which hosts the Trinity
Scouts Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...
troop


Notes


References


External links

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Trinity Parish Church
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